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Screens/Movies

May December

Where: Netflix
What: Movie, 117 mins.
When: Now
Genre: Dramedy
Rating: NNN (out of 5)
Why you should watch: Strong performances power auteur director Todd Haynes’s latest. Actor Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) is researching her role as headline-grabbing schoolteacher Gracie (Julianne Moore), who was convicted of seducing her student Joe Yoo (Charles Melton) — whom she later marries — by hanging out with the principals. Moore is icy and disturbing as she tries, unsuccessfully, to control what she reveals about herself to the actor. Tension is ever present as we grow to fear what the actor’s inquiry might uncover. It’s not exactly enjoyable viewing but unleashes (slow-motion) car-crash curiosity.

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